Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,442
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$25,648
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,518
Idaho costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Idaho — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$101,090
Kept after tax
$75,442
Worth in national money
$82,518
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Idaho is 33 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $101,090. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 476 occupations Idaho reports, this job comes in at 46 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $101,090 the take-home is $75,442; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $82,518 would nationally. The average comes to $101,420, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Idaho ranks 33 of 51 for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary at $101,090. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary ranks 46 of 476 occupations by median in Idaho, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary in Idaho, on $101,090, is $75,442 — equivalent to $82,518 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $101,420 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,320 |
| This salary | $101,090 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Idaho | $75,442 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,947 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$247 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $94,687 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$342 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $101,090 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $76,290 and the ninetieth is $128,320 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $75,442, worked from $101,090. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 46 of 476.
- Two cautions on $82,518, the adjusted value of that $101,090 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Idaho. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 46 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $101,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $76,290 to $128,320. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Idaho take-home of $75,442, on $101,090 for work ranking 46 of 476 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 46 of 476 in the state.
- This $82,518 adjusted figure, worked from $101,090, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 46 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 46 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $76,290 and the top tenth $128,320, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $82,518.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Idaho then takes its own share, leaving $75,442.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($76,290 to $128,320) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Idaho rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Idaho's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $82,518 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $75,442 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Idaho income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.